Interesting story, I wonder how you maneuvered that big boat between the small islands and atolls (where only small boats sail). On the other hand, are the beaches of Hao and Moruroa beautiful? Because of French Polynesia I have only seen photographs of Tahiti and Bora Bora and they are awesome...

You say you were transporting goods to both military and residents at the atolls. The Atoll land masses seem very small. Is there anything there more than the military communities there? Do they have vacation spots there or something? (on the side - did you have some fun shore leave?)